Friday February 18, 2022 “Let’s Get It On” Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye is one of the true icons of the R&B scene. His classic 1973 album, Let’s Get It On, is filled with sensual, soulful rhythms, while 1971’s What’s Going On is an incredible work that continues to speak to political injustice and continues to influence artists even today.

 Marvin Gaye began his musical career as a member of the doo wop group the Moonglows and then became a session drummer at Motown/Tamla when that group broke up.  While doing session work at Motown he was also writing songs like “Beachwood 4-5789” for the Marvelettes and “Dancing in the Streets” for Martha & the Vandellas.

 Gaye’s own breakout hit would be his self penned “Stubborn Kind of Fellow”.  He would go on to record more than thirty albums, eighty three singles and has been described as someone "who transcended the boundaries of rhythm and blues as no other performer had done before."

His influence is so strong that he has been referenced in several hit singles by other artists including Spandau Ballet (“True”), Charlie Puth (“Marvin Gaye”) and the Commodores (“Night Shift”) among others.

 In 2015 Marvin Gaye’s estate successfully sued singer Robin Thicke and it became one of the biggest copyright lawsuits of recent years, further highlighting Marvin Gaye’s standing as one of the most influential Black musicians of all time.

Stay safe and well…and it's difficult for me to relate to the fact that Marvin Gaye has been gone for nearly forty years.

I've been really tryin', baby

Tryin' to hold back this feeling for so long

And if you feel like I feel, baby

Then, c'mon, oh, c'mon, whoa

 Let's get it on

Ah, baby, let's get it on

Let's love, baby

Let's get it on, sugar

Let's get it on, woo hoo

 We're all sensitive people

With so much to give

Understand me, sugar (ooh ooh)

Since we've got to be here

Let's live

I love you

 There's nothing wrong with me

Loving you, baby no no

And giving yourself to me can never be wrong

If the love is true, oh baby

 Ooh don't you know how sweet and wonderful life can be ooh (let me love you)

I'm asking you baby to get it on with me ooh ooh (let me love you)

I ain't gonna worry (let me love you)

I ain't gonna push, won't push you baby (let me love you)

So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby

Stop beatin' 'round the bush, hey

 Let's get it on (ooh ooh)

Let's get it on (ooh ooh)

You know what I'm talkin' 'bout

C'mon, baby, hey, hey

Let your love come out

If you believe in love

Let's get it on, ooh

Let's get it on, baby

This minute, oh yeah

Let's get it on

Please, please get it on

 I know and you know what I've been dreaming of, don't you baby? (ah, ah, ah, ah)

My whole body makes that feelin' of love, I'm happy (my body wants ya, my body wants ya)

I ain't gonna worry, no I ain't gonna push (ah)

I won't push you baby, woo (ah ah)

 C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, darlin'

Stop beatin' 'round the bush

Oh, gonna get it on (ooh, ooh)

Threatenin' you, baby (ooh, ooh)

I wanna get it on (ooh, ooh)

You don't have to worry that it's wrong (ooh, ooh)

If the spirit moves ya (ooh, ooh)

Let me groove ya good (ooh, ooh)

Let your love come down (ooh, ooh)

Oh, get it on

 C'mon, baby (ooh, ooh)

Do you know the meaning? (ooh, ooh)

I've been sanctified (ooh, ooh), hey hey

Girl, you give me good feeling (ooh, ooh) (so good)

So good, somethin' like sanctified (ooh, ooh)

 Oh dear I, baby (ooh, ooh)

Nothing wrong with love (ooh, ooh)

If you want to love me just let your self go (ooh, ooh)

Oh baby, let's get it on (ooh, ooh)